Webcam

Upgraded to a Webcam that can handle backlighting better–there are windows behind me. Webcams are in short supply and I’m not willing to pay an inflated price, usually double list price. After waiting several months, got this at list directly from Logitech.

Categorized as IT

Pumping Iron

Bemasked Dwight stayed indoors to pump iron, as I headed out to walk in prematurely Fall weather.

Once a Year

Marzipan, whipped cream, raspberry jam, sponge, almonds, buttercream. My once-a-year cake.

Seniors Tuesdays

On Tuesdays seniors get a 20% discount at Coastal Seafoods, probably the best seafood store in the Cities. I got to see their spiffy new digs for the first time and save on a nice piece of King Salmon which they deboned for me.

Categorized as Cook

Floating

Sunday afternoon, recumbent on a sofa, a novel, a nap, under a silent speaker floating on the ceiling.

LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown

https://youtu.be/vsbbJ0vttZU Teardown The four modules stack on top of each other. Modules Up-down motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Forward-backward motor module. Two linear actuators, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Left-right motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. EV3 computer brick. I wrote the program…… Continue reading LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown

Desperate Dan

Made a chicken pot pie inspired by comic book character, Desperate Dan. He appeared in a weekly Scottish comic paper, the Dandy, when I was a kid. His favorite meal was cow pie, a steak pie which always featured a pair of cow horns sticking out of the crust.

Categorized as Cook

No-News Day

Today we’re blocking out all news media. It’s a good day to go for a long cycle ride, code in a language I’ve never used before, and to live vicariously through the protagonist in a novel.